“If women miss, democracy is incomplete,” said Kirsi MadiAssistant Secretary General and Deputy Director at the UN Gender Equality Agency, UN womenRespond to the latest analysis.
Mrs. Madi emphasized thatThe under -representation and the wrong representation of women in the media should be recognized as an important problem, so that democratic standards are not eroded for future generations.
See ourselves
UN -show reviews That, despite serious restrictions on their rights in many countries, women continue to lead to community initiatives, supporting education and arguing for social and economic resilience under the most challenging circumstances.
In the province of Kunduz in Afghanistan *Mehrgan leads a women’s organization that once trained hundreds of women and supported local NGOs but lost a lot of its financing and staff in 2022.
With the support of UN women, it has since rebuilt its capacity and now helps other women’s groups to do the same.
When the media only focus on the victimization of women, this knew their leadership and obscures the full reality of their contributions to peace, stability and social progress, the report emphasizes. Sharing stories such as Mehrgan’s that ensures that public and policy makers not only recognize the challenges, but also the solutions that women drive on the ground said the UN women.
Barriers for gender equality
Equally important is the lack of news reporting with regard to gender -based violence (GBV).
Instead of challenging stereotypes, news media will continue to reinforce skewed stories such as victims of accusing typecasts, portraying GBV as isolated incidents, silence of surviving voices and the use of gender language and tropics in reports.
“Less than two in 100 stories relate to the abuse that far too many women experience,” UN women underlined.
Not only does serious under -reporting on GBV the reality, it also forms public perception. Almost four in the five news stories focus on politics, the economy or crime, so that issues such as gender -based violence leave under reported violence.
Representation is still for minority women. While individuals from racial, ethnic, religious and other minority groups represent only six percent of people who can be seen in the reporting, only 38 percent of them are women.
The chance that a woman will probably come from a minority group in the news is less than one in 10.
Ahead
Although the path to greater representation remains a challenge, Digital News offers a clear path to increased inclusion.
During the Pandemie, the share of female online reporters rose from 25 percent in 2015 to 42 percent in 2020. Campaigns such as the VNs Heforshe -Campagne remain effective vectors for promoting the coverage of women in the media and challenging stereotypes.
As the 80th general meeting of the UN approaches, the need to strengthen gender parity and gender representation is even more urgent, especially in view of the fact that little or no progress has been made in the last 30 years, UN women said.
For more information and details, see the summary of important findings of the GMMP Report here.
*Her name has been changed to protect her identity
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